Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois (1850- )
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Sun Ra (Le Sony’r Ra) (1914-1993)
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W. Augustus Low (1916-1988)
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Robert Colescott (1925-2009)

Explore Global African History

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Garrincha (Manoel Francisco dos Santos) (1933-1983)
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(1924) Prince Marc Kojo Tovalou Houènou, “The Problem of Negroes in French Colonial Africa”
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The Italo-Abyssinian War (1889-1896)
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Thabo Sefolosha (1984– )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Fighting Jim Crow in the 19th Century South: The Untold Story
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The Asian-African (Bandung) Conference: Fact and Fiction
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Pacific Bound: California’s 1852 Fugitive Slave Law
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“The Yellow Rose of Texas”: The Ironic Origins of a Popular Song

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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